Citi Field Refuses To Allow Devin Haney And Ryan Garcia To Throw First Pitch At Mets-Pirates Game
By: Sean Crose
“If you want to go to a Mets game, let me know because I’m throwing the first pitch.” So stated Ryan Garcia on social media Tuesday. Things apparently didn’t go as deliberate. “The Mets just wasted three hours of our life,” Garcia posted later, “to say at the end we can’t throw the pitch for whatever reason. There was no reason and they kicked us out for no reason. I’m personally going to say “f–k the Mets! Don’t ever go to a f—–g Mets’ game again. F–k the Mets!” In reality, each Garcia and Devin Haney – the junior welterweight kingpin Garcia is about to battle this weekend at Brooklyn’s Barclay’s Center – had been each purported to throw out the ceremonial first pitch on Tuesday. It appears the Mets thought higher of it.
Perhaps this was due to the truth that, earlier within the day, Haney pushed Garcia as the 2 stood for a photograph shoot atop the Empire State Building. While such issues are identified to occur within the leadup to a significant battle, Garcia’s uncommon pre battle actions on-line have led a cloud of uncertainty to nonetheless over the occasion, which is scheduled to go down this Saturday evening. With Garcia randomly weighing in on a seeming limitless array of subjects for weeks now, the push atop the famed skyscraper on Tuesday could have merely been the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s again (Boxing Insider reached out to the Mets group late Tuesday and can report on any response offered).
Although there have been nonetheless seats out there on the Barclay’s Center as of Thursday, there’s little doubt that Haney-Garcia is among the extra excessive profile bouts to be discovered on boxing’s calendar to date this yr. Haney is a grasp boxer who additionally is aware of entertain his viewers. See his excessive octane battle with Vasyl Lomachenko final yr to comprehend simply how good the person is in excessive strain conditions. Yet although he could also be extensively favored to win this weekend, Haney could be going through formidable competitors come Saturday. For Garcia could be very quick as has a left hook that may prove the lights on most any fighter. On paper, it’s a really fascinating matchup if not maybe an excellent one.
Pre battle actions, particularly on the a part of Garcia, nonetheless, could also be threatening what may very well be a profitable occasion. Haney-Garcia is a pay per view battle, in spite of everything, which suggests followers need to pay to look at, relatively than stumble throughout it whereas flicking by way of the channels. Garcia argues individuals are making a lot ado about nothing in regard to his emotional state, and maybe they honestly are (skilled boxers might be true masters in the case of distracting their opposition earlier than a significant battle). It could be a disgrace, nonetheless, if this weekend’s bout grew to become somewhat watched disappointment due to pre battle antics.
Tuesday’s push apart, Haney seems to be taking a low profile strategy heading into Saturday. “Keeping my blinders on.. laser focused,” he posted on social media Wednesday.
Images: Golden Boy
